Lowells v. SAIF Corp.’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"the major contributing cause of a disease must be determined by a weighing of all causes, as distinct from susceptibilities and predispositions. Thus, a worker's personal factors are part of the equation, if, and only if, they are causes."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 297 Or. App. 206 - Saif Corp. v. Dunn (In re Comp. of Dunn)

2. “[p]reexisting conditions that are 'causes' are also to be considered in determining major contributing cause”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 297 Or. App. 206 - Saif Corp. v. Dunn (In re Comp. of Dunn)